Termination tool

Claim 2

A termination tool comprising a manually engageable handle and a blade mounted on said handle for positioning and movement by said handle, said blade being dimensioned to insert a wire into a bifurcated clip to electrically connect the wire to the clip to electrically terminate the wire at the clip, the improvement comprising: a slide mounted on said handle and movable with respect to said handle, said blade being mounted on said slide; and hammer means in said handle for striking a hammer blow against said slide for aiding termination.

Claim 3

The termination tool of claim 1 wherein said hammer means comprises a spring-loaded hammer.

Claim 4

The termination tool of claim 2 wherein said hammer is movably mounted on said handle and a hammer spring is mounted between said handle and said hammer to urge said hammer toward said slide.

Claim 5

The termination tool of claim 3 wherein said hammer spring is engaged on one end against said hammer and is engaged on its other end on a spring washer, said spring washer being selectively positionable with respect to said handle to select spring load on said hammer to select hammer blow strength.

Claim 6

The termination tool of claim 3 wherein said hammer has a sear movably mounted thereon and said slide has a pin thereon and said slide has a pin thereon, a sear opening in said sear, said pin engaging said sear adjacent said opening so that movement of said slide causes movement of said hammer to compress said hammer spring, said sear being movable to align said sear opening with said pin to release said hammer to cause a blow against said slide.

Claim 7

The termination tool of claim 5 wherein said handle has a cam surface therein and resilient means is engaged between said sear and said hammer to urge said sear against said cam surface, said cam surface being shaped so that, when said hammer moves to compress said hammer spring, said cam surface moves said sear in a direction toward alignment of said sear opening with said pin.

Claim 8

A termination tool comprising a manually engageable and operable handle and a termination blade mounted on said handle, said termination blade being dimensioned to terminate a wire on a bifurcated terminal clip, the improvement comprising: a slide movably mounted upon said handle and a hammer movably mounted upon said handle, said hammer being resiliently urged in a direction toward engagement with said slide and in a direction of termination force of the blade with respect to the clip so that, upon manual force on said handle to cause termination of a wire in a clip, said slide moves with respect to said handle and moves said hammer with respect to said handle together with resilient deflection of said hammer spring; release means to release said hammer so that said hammer spring causes said hammer to move toward said slide and strike said slide to cause a termination-aiding hammer blow against said slide.

Claim 9

A termination tool comprising a manually engageable and operable handle and a termination blade mounted on said handle, said termination blade being dimensioned to terminate a wire on a bifurcated terminal clip, the improvement comprising: a slide movably mounted upon said handle and a hammer movably mounted upon said handle, said hammer being resiliently urged in a direction toward engagement with said slide and in a direction of termination force of the blade with respect to the clip so that, upon manual force on said handle to cause termination of a wire in a clip, said slide moves with respect to said handle and moves said hammer with respect to said handle together with resilient deflection of said hammer spring; release means to release said hammer so that said hammer spring causes said hammer to move toward said slide and strike said slide to cause a termination-aiding hammer blow against said slide.

Claim 10

The termination tool of claim 7 wherein said slide and said hammer are slidably mounted in said handle, both said slide and said hammer being slidable in a direction substantially aligned with the direction of termination movement.

Claim 11

The termination tool of claim 8 wherein a slide spring is positioned between said slide and said handle to urge said slide away from said hammer.

Claim 12

The termination tool of claim 8 wherein said slide carries a pin thereon, and said release means is a sear with said pin engaging against said sear, a pin opening through said hammer so that, upon release of said pin by said sear, said hammer moves toward said slide with said pin opening in said hammer moving over said pin, a shoulder on said slide adjacent said pin, said hammer striking said shoulder to cause the hammer blow.